List of tips from the administrator of RSOTM and commander of the Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky:

 List of tips from the administrator of RSOTM and commander of the Vostok battalion Alexander Khodakovsky:

1. You should always be in an armored jacket and helmet (SIBZ), on the front line you can only remove armor in the dugout. it can even fly to the rear. if the attacks on our position are already planned for the enemy (that is, they are marked there on the map and they make mistakes like daily once a day), then we urgently need to move/change the position/location.

 

Weapons must be kept with you at all times ( do not hang from a tree or lie in the dugout). 

enemy may suddenly find themselves in a trench ! 

2. Learn how to dig trenches in military science from the simplest - lying, to strong points.

 

Make fox holes, exits from dugouts in different directions, false positions with pipes from bourgeois women.

must have tools ( shovels, pickaxe, crowbar, saw, axe).

3. Be sure to get acquainted with the guys who are neighbors from other squads in the neighborhood. Communicate/cooperate/make friends with neighboring divisions, and make bad barter there. Personal acquaintance with our neighbors at the front really saves lives .Know nearby divisions for communication and interaction with them. Sometimes, due to poor interaction, information about the mining of our positions did not reach us.

You need to find out who your neighbors are on the left and right. 

necessary to establish interaction, communication by default. It is necessary to explain what the deficit is. 

If you only have small arms and do not have the ability to defeat vehicles, then ask them to share with you the means of destroying armored vehicles. If the enemy breaks through your position, then your neighbors will not be able to resist.

If communication with your commanders is lost, or some super strange situation occurs, first of all ask for advice from the commander of the neighboring unit , and then you need to find out why there is no connection with your commanders. If your land plot is breached, it will be bad for all the neighbors, so it is profitable for the neighbors to help you if possible (at least with advice)

4. HIMARS shells can fly into the deep rear 70 km from the front and blow up the entire barracks with all the soldiers in the barracks to the ground. Currently, there is no GREEN ZONE in the regions near the SVO. 

This means that you can not place people anywhere, guided by the barracks principle.

 It is advisable to PROHIBIT any large gatherings of people and place personnel exclusively by crews, calculations or departments by order (maximum!!!) only underground if the front line is within reach of HIMARS (70 km). Try not to get burned as much as possible even in the deep rear , change the location from time to time, hide equipment from NATO satellites and enemy agents, enemy agents in the deep rear can merge the coordinates of the location of the military (barracks, assembly places) . 

In one building, a maximum of 5 people is desirable, preferably located in the cellar ( in the basement) or dig a cellar. 

5. It is mandatory to make fire cards (paper and pen, for drawing landmarks). Learn how to apply fire cards, or at least make a clear drawing on the terrain where mines are located, linking to landmarks with ranges. 

6. Thermal imagers are required in case of a night attack by the enemy's DRG, security must be done according to the most modern military science, shifts are made without fail at night, we always carry weapons with us, novices used to lose weapons due to panic when firing

7.When occupying enemy positions, do not lift or take anything. All just pull off the cat and rope. In each compartment there must be a cat with a rope and preferably a probe for mine clearance.

not rush to loot the captured enemy positions and zhmurov in a beautiful pose, suddenly there are mines/tripwires nearby? 

8. Do not crowd, arrivals in a crowd are a disaster. Opponents actively post such videos.

should always keep a great distance between each other ( they can cover you with AGS, mortars, arty, small arms will kill everyone, if someone gets blown up, everyone will die on a mine), do not go in droves. 

move stealthily, keep the distance on the march between military personnel up to 50 meters !

In one building, a maximum of 5 people is desirable, preferably located in the cellar ( in the basement) or dig a cellar. It will be ideal to build a dugout under the foundation, this is the best protection against himars

9. Scout tube (when storming your positions or artillery preparation, you can look, detect the enemy and repel the attack) and a probe for mine clearance are super useful. Pros storm the positions simultaneously with artillery fire, the scout's pipe can save 

. Go only where the sappers have already checked , do not move off the track. We drive on proven roads only, a lot of mines nearby

11. We stretch the equipment, the gap between the cars is at least 15 meters, do not pile up. We do not crowd at the BMP, we are located at a distance ( 10 m ) . If you put the equipment nearby, they can simultaneously destroy all the cars with art and kill those who are nearby. 

Usually smart commanders put a distance between tanks of 50 meters, and when artillery strikes, only 2 tanks are lost, and not the entire column

If possible, place vehicles further away from their positions and mask them with massets.

12. You definitely need a drone to inspect positions in defense, DJI mini 2 costs 60,000 rubles, the best for defense

13. Study the VMP very well 80 percent of all wounds from artillery and mines, when the enemy did not see at all, the ability to provide first aid after shelling is more important than the ability to shoot accurately, do not save on a first-aid kit, a high-quality tourniquet turnstile and the ability to use it quickly can save lives

14. On the front of the ban WhatsApp and SIM cards the phone is left, the enemy of US technology has anonymity, code blocking